Today marks a major milestone in my Google Summer of Code project. Podcasting in WordPress now fully supports iTunes. In addition to iTunes support, my current podcasting build creates a true separate podcast feed (with configurable options) and allows enclosures to be added which do not appear in a post.
To celebrate this milestone, I’m kicking [...]
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Podcasting Milestone: Full iTunes Support
Media Temple’s New GPU Analysis Tool Launching Today
It’s no secret, I’ve had problems with Media Temple’s GPU. Back in March, my site was on track for over 1000 GPUs a month, pushing my account into the overage category. Media Temple quickly responded, helped me out, and identified a major issue in their GPU calculation algorithm. After realizing their mistake, they refunded everyone [...]
Google’s Summer of Code Begins
As you may remember, I’m participating in Google’s Summer of Code this year, bringing podcasting support to WordPress. Now that SoC is officially underway, I have more information regarding my project.
The Summer of Code evolves around open-source applications, meaning all my work is publicly available. Every line of code, every discussion, and every frustration will [...]
MAMP: OS X Web Development Made Easy
In preparation for GSoC development, I planned on setting up a Linux server. I quickly shot down that idea after Jon Christopher tweeted MAMP. MAMP is the ultimate Apache, MySQL, and PHP toolkit for OS X.
While OS X natively runs Apache and is capable of running PHP and MySQL, installation can be cumbersome. PHP and [...]
WordPress Users: Less Spam and Better Stats
I couldn’t help but notice two wonderful new WordPress plugins today.
Hate the sorting through the hundreds of obvious spam messages Akismet caught just to find that one legitimate comment? Derek Punsalan found a new WordPress plugin which aims to remove the obvious spam comments. I can already see Simple Spam Filter becoming a vital tool [...]
